Harness the power of lightning, infuse it into ores, and expand your world. Thunder Utility is a Minecraft mod that adds a variety of lightning-themed devices and items designed to enhance survival and building. Centered around the “Charged Furnace,” which uses lightning strikes on lightning rods to charge ingots, this mod introduces new mechanics for crafting, redstone control, mob filtering, and teleportation.

Key Features

Charged Furnace: Uses lightning to charge iron, copper, gold, and netherite ingots
Charged Ingots: Used as crafting materials for various mod items and devices
Select Hopper / Minecart: Filtered transport systems that only move specified items

This pressure plate supports custom detection settings, allowing you to filter by mob type—including entities from other mods. Simply select the desired category or specific mob to control activation behavior.

Selective Pressure Plates: React to specific mob types or weather conditions (hostile, friendly, thunderstorm, etc.)
Redstone Scanner / Injector / Pulse Devices: Analyze, output, and control redstone signal strength and timing
Stormcaller Crystal: A consumable item that changes the weather to a thunderstorm

Teleportation Devices: Includes teleport pads, return stones, and destination plates
Expandable Chests / Storm Chests: Special chests with dynamic capacity or conditional access

Gameplay & Purpose

This mod treats lightning as a controllable energy source, integrating it into devices and mechanics to offer new options for mid-to-late game survival and building. Whether you're automating systems, designing traps, or crafting magical infrastructure, Thunder Utility expands your creative possibilities.

Required Mod Loader: Forge